You may also want to go to http://similarsites.com copy-paste the above urls into the search box, and see what other sites you can come up with, and feel free to share them.

Search Terms

Here are the search terms you'll either enter, or when you click on a listing, or when you search through your government's assessor, appraiser, or tax offices.

inherited

probate

foreclosure

short sale

preforeclosure*

estate

bring all offers

junker

must sell

investor special

special warranty deed

quit claim deed**

heir

heirs

TLC

motivated

fixer

fixer upper

fixer-upper

repairs

as-is

as is

relocation

rented

tenant

do not disturb tenant

owner will carry

owner will carry 2nd ***

owner finance

owner will finance

personal rep

personal representative

estate

trustee

basement issues

basement repairs

basement problems

foundation issues

foundation repairs

foundation problems

structural issues

structural repairs

structural problems

no FHA

lease option

engineer report

price change

Some other terms to consider:

Leak

Water issues

Water problems

Not responsible

Relocated

Vacant

Out of State

* Note, going through a site like Zillow, often, a “preforeclosure” does NOT mean that the property is available for sale, or that the owners even want to sell. It simply means that the lender has sent them a notice that they are behind with at least one payment process, possibly up to three. More than half the time, the owners can catch up. You will need to go to the court house, and find out the specifics, as to how close they actually are to being foreclosed. Depending on the judicial status, and other factors, the home owners can have a lengthy “foreclosure process,” before they must vacate. You will be given a PDF file with the types of judicial statuses, as a guide. It is during the foreclosure process, which may be anywhere from a month to a year, before it is foreclosed, and the lender takes back the property, that you would be able to talk to the owners, to see if they'll sell to an investor.

Properties that do go fully through the foreclosure process, become REOs, Real Estate Owned, aka, “Bank Owned.” At this point, we can no longer help them, or any of their friends/family, who may want to try to buy it back. Once the Bank owns it, at this point, we are out of the game.

*** - This is a 2nd mortgage, usually. 2nd mortgages aren't a bad thing, but this is a more specific niche, and you start to go into note investing more. Generally, not what most investors go for. However, there is a market for this, but when starting out, may not be something to dive into, until you have some experience.